Barack Obama and Dilma Rousseff Announce Joint Climate Commitments
2015-06-30
Before the Paris climate negotiations, Obama and Rousseff supported regular updates, reporting, and review of national contributions, while acknowledging countries' different circumstances and capabilities. [1]
In Washington on 30 June 2015, Barack Obama and Dilma Rousseff pledged that each country would obtain 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources other than hydropower by 2030. Obama said reaching the target would require Brazil to more than double its output from those sources. [1] [2]
The two presidents were preparing for international climate negotiations in Paris later that year. Brazil announced a target of restoring or reforesting twelve million hectares by 2030; the United States restated its intended reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. [1]
Officials were to work together on clean energy, forests, climate science, and adaptation through a bilateral working group. Both governments recognized the need to address illegal deforestation. [1]
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- U.S.–Brazil joint statement on climate change — White House archive
Renewable electricity, forest restoration, national emissions pledges, and working group
- Obama and Rousseff joint press conference — White House archive
East Room press conference; climate pledges before Paris
- Embassy of Brazil: official ambassadors, mission dates and acting-service footnote
- Luiz Alberto Figueiredo — mission record (2015–2016)
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Barack Obama and Dilma Rousseff Announce Joint Climate Commitments. Chanceries Diplopedia. Record c673f2d7d3259670b4cb. https://chanceries.org/research/history/brazil-climate-5b7bb89e66/